Thursday, February 23, 2012

Articles

Let me tell you why
I also experiment and do
informal paintings


I could say that since I fixed on figurative painting as my main activity, and not just as the hobby it had so far been, the quest for, and my experiments with, material backgrounds to associate with my figures have led me to discover a “taste” for the freedom of informality. I have conserved some of my backgrounds as finished works and they have sown the seeds of a passion parallel to my figurative painting.
In other words, my official orientation in painting is my artistic commitment whereas informal painting is my hobby. It’s also useful therapy. It amuses me, keeps me in training, gives me freedom and helps me find new formulas and brushstrokes.For some time, I believed these works should remain under wraps at my studio because they were “my stuff”. 
But the day came when I had the opportunity to show them on television in one of the leading television art galleries. I still do not know whether I have done the right thing, by which I mean it could disorientate most people who know me as a figurative painter. Not only that, my figurative art is so demanding that I have to devote many hours over several days to create just one work. I feel a little guilty offering for sale the informal works that I have fun creating in such a short time.
For the time being, I have suspended judgement on the subject while I reflect.
Let me mention in passing another aspect: my artistic “restlessness”. It’s like a drug. I’ve got to try things out! I make time to experiment with new solutions, new signs, new subjects and new surfaces, including wood, plastic, iron and others. I contaminate photographs with painting, and paintings with photographs.
I won’t say any more.
For those with a penchant for self-bewilderment, here are my informal and experimental works.

Enjoy!

 
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